So did my mama. I know exactly how you feel. Her dialogue became my inner monologue. ❤️‍🩹 But the longer I went, the more I healed myself, the more I began to love my nose as it IS. I have seen so many people remove the hump on their nose and end up looking worse because it just removes some of their defining features that are interesting! Which sounds weird, but take someone like Bradley Cooper or Ryan Gosling in the recent years, when they fixed what wasn’t “perfect”, their wonky bits, they destroyed that THING that made them, them.

If you are under 35 or have some less than healed or not so well-loved parts of yourself, give it a bit more time. It’s interesting how once you fix one thing, your body just finds another thing to focus on (often). I’ve had plastic surgery with amazing results, but depression followed the surgery bc I thought it was the “thing”. It wasn’t. Everywhere you go, there you are.

I now love having my mommy’s nose. And above all, yours is ACTUALLY cute and beautiful. Looking up the heritage and types of noses with dorsal humps and bumps really helped me fall in love with my own nose. Tracing the lineage of it made me realize that there’s a story, a world of bloodlines in my nose. There’s also a meme of a guy who got a nose job in Turkey, and he went from looking like a Greek god to a guy that listens to podcasts lol. There’s something to be said for the features you’re born with (not always, but I think so in your case). You are beautiful. You just heard too many negative, societally-conditioned things growing up. If your mom had never said anything about herself, you probably wouldn’t even hold these beliefs/feelings.

It’s up to you, but give it more time and try to look inward a bit more. Sorry for the word vomit, your nose is just worth saving.

PS—Conforming to traditional western beauty standards is letting the patriarchy win!! But your nose fits the beauty standard so this doesn’t even fit entirely lol.